4-(4-Nitro­benz­yl)pyridine

The title compound, C₁₂H₁₀N₂O₂, has a twisted conformation, with a dihedral angle between the planes of the pyridine and benzene rings of 78.4 (2)°. The nitro group is coplanar with the attached benzene ring within experimental error. The mol­ecules form centrosymmetric dimers via C_ar—H...O inter­actions (H...O = 2.49 Å) and the dimers are π-stacked along the b axis [the separation between ring centroids is 3.788 (2) Å].